• 2 days ago
A look at the new name at Wolves.
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00:00Charlie, finally, Gary O'Neill has been sacked by Wolves. I mean, it's a very disappointing
00:08situation for them to be in again. We saw the same with Bruno Large a couple of seasons
00:12ago. They got Lopetegui injured to save them in the relegation scrap. At that time, it
00:17sort of seemed a bit too late in the season, but Lopetegui managed to turn things around
00:22and Wolves actually ended the season fairly well, albeit going away to the likes of Brighton
00:27and Arsenal and conceding way too many goals in those games. But then it ended poorly with
00:31Lopetegui. He ends just before Gary O'Neill comes in. O'Neill had some fantastic moments,
00:38more notably the West Brom game and that FA Cup run, which did sort of crumble. If you
00:42look at the fixtures and you look back, that Coventry game at Molineux where they thought
00:47they had the game won and they go and lose. And it would have been another trip to Wembley
00:51for Wolves, I think, if that went well. If that went the other way, then maybe things
00:56could have gone differently for Wolves. But ultimately, it's another failure, another
01:00terrible start to a Premier League season. Vito Pereira is the name to come in and hopefully
01:07turn things around. How do you see this going? Obviously, a lot of experience, 56 years of
01:11age. He's been around a number of clubs, but this is also the fourth time that Wolves have
01:17actually approached him. They approached him before Walter Zenger in 2016, then Nuno, which
01:22obviously went fantastically well. But then he was on the radar for them another few times
01:27as well. So it's an interesting appointment. Firstly, what do you make of it? What do the
01:32fans make of it? And how do you see Wolves getting on? I mean, this is just really sink
01:37or swim for them now in the top flight.
01:40It's important. They need a new manager bounce immediately. It's the game away at Leicester
01:44City, such a huge match and the six-pointer, the Premier League relegation five-course
01:48Ipswich game, was also a six-pointer. That one ended terribly, a 94th-minute winner
01:53for the Tractor Boys. Another defeat would just be absolutely crushing for Wolves and
01:57it would make the mountain to climb even bigger for the new manager. But he looks like an
02:01experienced coach, as you say, Vito Pereira. I think the only concern, though, essentially
02:05is his loyalty. This would be his fifth club in the last five seasons, which doesn't make
02:11good reading if you want someone in for the long term. But I don't think that's what Wolves
02:14are looking for at this moment. I think it's just about getting a manager who's got that
02:17experience, who can play more attractive football. Not that attractive football is
02:23necessarily an important thing. It's all about getting results. But he's got the versatility
02:27as well. He's a bit more reactive to opponents than he is focusing on his own team. He wants
02:33to maybe set up in a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-3, depending on the opponents that he has got. I'm not
02:40sure if it's going to work out, personally, because I think that the squad is in such
02:43disarray at the moment. But who knows? He seems to be a hard-nosed head coach. You might
02:48be able to get them back to winning ways. But that Leicester game, as I say, is so important.
02:52Trying to get some momentum over the festive period. And then who knows what can happen
02:56in the new year with some transfers in the January transfer window.

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